NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: BOOK NOOK ENRICHMENT
“I realized reading could serve as a foundation for learning,” says Rina Collins, explaining how Book Nook Enrichment came to be. “I could make a curriculum that blends imagination, creativity, handwriting, and more.” Read more.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 8/7: Help keep Governors Island open later. Plus: 1803 is now serving lunch on weekdays; World of Gold N’ Diamond is not reopening; frozen cocktails; phone store on Church apparently confirmed.
••• 8/8: New eyelash salon. Plus: Peeking through the open door of Frenchette; a new restaurant in the former Navy space; Kee’s Chocolates closed its Soho shop; Jack’s Stir Brew Coffee looks very ready to open; the tower going up on the eastern horizon.
••• 8/9: 30-story building coming to Greenwich Street (rendering above). Plus: Another business is no longer accepting cash; the stalled hotel site in northwest Tribeca has been blocking sidewalks for a year now; glorious trees.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 8/7: De Blasio wants a subway tax on the rich. Plus: A way to ease the burden on small retail businesses; more on what to expect from Harry & Ida’s Luncheonette; the state of the World Trade Center mall a year after opening; skateboarding thief and other recent crimes; the lost building at 120 William.
••• 8/8: Au Cheval confirmed for Cortlandt Alley (above). Plus: A Conrad Hotel bellman helped cops nab the guy who attacked a woman in her car; charging “ransom” to real-estate developers; mysterious Warren Street development; Governor Cuomo is said to be considering congestion pricing for New York City.
••• 8/9: Best Made Co. has been sold. Plus: Signs to discourage cyclists from using the Battery Park City Esplanade; Sushi Azabu opening in a Miami Beach Marriott; more on Squadron’s decision to resign; Otto Penzler’s life; a rash of bike thefts; the Tribeca apartment of an advertising executive.